Publications

Articles, abstracts, and posters covering our viral targets.

SARS-CoV-2

  • 2023


    17th Vaccine Congress 2023

    Unconjugated Peptide Vaccine Comprising Conserved Epitopes from Both SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Virus Generates Durable and Broadly Reactive Antibodies to Multiple Coronavirus and Influenza Virus Strains

  • 2021


    Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Variation in SARS-CoV-2 bioaerosol production in exhaled breath

  • 2021


    MedRxiv

    SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic RNA kinetics in longitudinal 1 clinical samples

  • 2021


    Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

    Interlaboratory comparison of SARS-CoV2 molecular detection assays in use by U.S. veterinary diagnostic laboratories

  • 2021


    Nature Portfolio

    Novel molecular transport medium used in combination with Xpert MTB/RIF ultra provides rapid detection of Mycobacterium bovis in African buffaloes

  • 2021


    American Association for Clinical Chemistry

    Rapid and Safe Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Virus RNA Using Onsite Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Testing From Clinical Specimens Collected in Molecular Transport Medium

  • 2021


    American Society for Microbiology

    Whole-Genome Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.525 Strains (Variant η) Detected from Patients in the Abruzzo Region (Central Italy) during Spring 2021

Oral TB Screening

  • 2019


    NRF | RISA

    Detection by RT-PCR of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Oral Swab Specimens using PrimeStore® Molecular Transport Medium. ECCMID 2019

Influenza/HIV

  • 2012-2014


    The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    Influenza Viral Shedding in a Prospective Cohort of HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children and Adults in 2 Provinces of South Africa

Nepal Maternal/ Child Influenza Study

  • 2019


    The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    Infant Pneumococcal Carriage During Influenza, RSV, and hMPV Respiratory Illness Within a Maternal Influenza Immunization Trial J. of Inf. Disease

PrimeStore MTM General

  • 2023


    International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD)

    Use of stool swabs in molecular transport media increases access to Xpert Ultra testing for TB in children

  • 2010


    Cambridge University Press

    A Clinical Specimen Collection and Transport Medium for Molecular Diagnostic and Genomic Applications

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

  • 2016


    The Lancet

    Aetiology of Childhood Pneumoniia in a Well Vaccinated South African Birth Cohort: A Nested Case-Control Study of the Drakenstein Child Health Study

  • 2014


    Elsevier

    Comparison of a New Transport Medium with Universal Transport Medium at a Tropical Field Site

  • 2012-2014


    Sensitivity and Specificity of Rapid Tests vs. PCR

    Detection of Respiratory Syncytial (RSV) and Influenza Viruses in Children with WHO Defined Pneumonia and Controls from Oshikhandass Village

  • 2008


    The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)

    Quantitation of Influenza A Virus From Nasal and Lung Tissue of Cotton Rats Using Real-Time RT-PCR and Culture

  • 2008


    The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)

    Detection of Influenza A Virus in Asymptomatic Culture-Negative Cotton Rats

  • 2010


    AAVLD Annual Conference Proceedings

    Effect of Swab Type, Collection Media, and Storage on the Detection of Influenza a Virus in Porcine Nasal Secretions

  • 2010


    European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Development of a Real Time Reverse- Transcription PCR (RRT-PCR) Assay for Detection of Influenza a H1N1 2009 From Clinical Respiratory Specimens

  • 2009


    The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)

    Symptomatology of Family Contacts of Influenza Positive and Negative Patients During Influenza Season

  • 2011


    Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa

    Microbial Aetiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia at a Tertiary Hospital

  • 2008


    IDSA/ICAAC

    Real-Time RT-PCR Detection of Influenza Virus Within Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Family Members

  • 2008


    The 3rd European Conference of Influenza

    Detection and Molecular Characterization of Clinical Influenza A and B Viruses from Original Nasal Wash Specimens Preserved in PrimeStore® MTM

  • 2009


    The 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases

    Genetic Analysis of Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses from Index Patients and Family Contacts

  • 2009


    The 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    Rapid Characterization of the Influenza A (H3N2) Hemagglutinin, Neuraminidase, and Matrix (HA, NA, MA) Genes Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Tuberculosis

  • 2013


    16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases

    Microbiology of the Nasopharynx in Children Hospitalized with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis

  • 2015


    Journal of Microbiological Methods

    Laboratory Evaluation of a Specimen Transport Medium for Downstream Molecular Processing of Sputum Samples to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

  • 2015


    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

    Molecular Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis From Sputum Transported in PrimeStore® from Rural Settings

  • 2015


    Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    Improved Detection by Next-Generation Sequencing of Pyrazinamide Resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates

  • 2012


    National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD)

    Analysis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis MDR/XDR Genes Using Next-Generation Ion Torrent Sequencing from Genetically Diverse South African Clinical Isolates. Keystone Symposium Drug Resistance and Persistence in Tuberculosis

  • 2013


    American Society for Microbiology

    Next-Generation Ion Torrent Sequencing of Pyrazinamide Resistance in MDR/XDR South African Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains. American Society for Microbiology

  • 2013


    Epidemiol Infect

    Short Report: Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Immigrants Residing in the USA Using Ion Torrent Full-Gene Sequencing

  • 2016


    ICID Hyderabad

    Real-time PCR of Whole Blood Specimens Transported in PrimeStore® MTM to Detect and Monitor MTB Bactermia

  • 2014


    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

    A Molecular Transport Medium for Collection, Inactivation, Transport, and Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • 2016


    Tropical Medicine and International Health

    Field Evaluation of a Novel Preservation Medium to Transport Sputum Specimens for Molecular Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Rural African Setting

  • 2016


    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

    Xpert MTB/RIF Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Sputum Collected in Molecular Transport Medium

HIV

  • 2014


    African Society for Laboratory Medicine

    Can Dried Blood Spots or Whole Blood Liquid Transport Media Extend Access to HIV Viral Load Testing?

Vaccines

  • 2023


    Vaccines

    Unconjugated Multi-Epitope Peptides Adjuvanted with ALFQ Induce Durable and Broadly Reactive Antibodies to Human and Avian Influenza Viruses

  • 2021


    Vaccines

    Conserved Influenza Hemagglutinin, Neuraminidase and Matrix Peptides Adjuvanted with ALFQ Induce Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies